The Business Line Care Specialties of Evonik provides the conditioning ingredient ABIL T Quat 60 for hair care formulations that leads to the reduction of hair fibre breakage, results in outstanding conditioning features such as easy detangling, smooth wet comb and superior wet feel, and is universally applicable in shampoos and conditioners.
A new joint publication by Evonik and TRI/Princeton verifies the efficacy of ABIL T Quat 60 in shampoos and conditioners. With the addition of ABIL T Quat 60 in shampoo and conditioner, the products show a significant reduction of hair breakage by 60% in shampoo treatment and 88% in conditioner treatment. The study examined the breakage possibility of hair which was treated with a shampoo and a conditioner containing ABIL T Quat 60. Specifically, the treated hair undergoes some defined experiments which are frequently employed to make anti-breakage and even strengthening claims. The methodology utilises a custom-built automated grooming device. All testing is performed on damaged hair with eight tresses being evaluated per treatment to ensure statistical relevance. A common method for making such assessments involves repeated combing, followed by counting the number of broken fibres. The results of the experiment show that the shampoo and conditioner formulations containing the new conditioning ingredient ABIL T Quat 60 provide an anti-breakage benefit by 60% for shampoo and 88% for conditioner.
